He wasn’t supposed to come back.Not after the silence.Not after the way he left me with promises that never learned how to return.But he did.And the worst part?Ethan Cole came back married.I saw the ring before I saw his face.i felt it, actually like something sharp carving straight through my chest before my eyes could catch up.That should have been the end of it.It would have been… if he hadn’t looked at me like I was still his.Like I was the mistake he couldn’t stop wanting.I’ve spent two years trying to forget him rebuilding, breathing, learning how to exist without the boy who once made me feel like forever was real.I want peace now. Closure. A life that doesn’t revolve around a ghost.But Ethan isn’t a ghost.He’s here.Standing too close. Speaking my name like it still belongs to him.And his wife?She’s real too.Beautiful. Unaware.Watching us with eyes that don’t yet understand what’s breaking right in front of her.I should walk away.I know I should.But every time Ethan looks at me, I remember exactly why I never could.And the way he whispers, “Tell me you don’t feel this too, Amara…”I don’t think I ever learned how to lie.The problem issome loves don’t end…They just destroy everything that tries to replace them.